I miss the giant size of your head Anzac biscuits for .50c, the almost bakery selection of goodies, burger men packets of chips, definitely buying a pack of eucalyptus lollies for .20c. The ones you buy in the shops just aren’t the same.

Although i didn’t do primary school in Australia, NZ still had a tuck shop and my favourite was a vegemite roll or a finger bun. When we moved here in high school, everyone always did the chip roll and that became a favourite of mine too. Those were the days when all you had to worry about was what you were going to order from the tuck shop.

We had no canteen in Primary School but across the Road was a little bakery that served in the front room of a house. My fondest memory is the cream buns. Loved that Blob of jam. High School was next door and it had it’s own canteen. Sunny Boys were the best in the hot Summers and you could always win a free one checking for the writing inside.

We had no canteen in Primary School but across the Road was a little bakery that served in the front room of a house. My fondest memory is the cream buns. Loved that Blob of jam.

I was so lucky to be someone that had great tuck shops throughout childhood and ate so many of the items in the article. Piping hot doughnuts on cold winter days was an absolute favourite! It was such a joy to be able to save pocket money and have an allowance for tuck shop.

I loved this article – it brought back so many happy memories of long forgotten treats and also reminded me how lucky we were to have some of the greatest tuck shop mums on the planet.
You could always find one if you forgot your lunch money or tripped and skinned your knee -they were lovely.
Thank goodness I missed the” lets spoil childrens fun “and call it ‘healthy???”brigades.

My favourite tuck shop item was a chocolate paddle pop and eucalyptus lollies called Lypties. They were eucalyptus lollies coated in a white coating. Also, on special tuck shop days our parents would have to send in items to sell. My Nana used to stay with us quite a bit and she’d make Lemon Meringue pies and Neenish tarts and they’d all be gone in about 5mins flat. Oh! The good old days.

I used to love eucalyptus drops and Jupiter bars. But those are the only things on the list that I recognise. A favourite at my tuckshop was vegetarian Pluto pups. We could get those once a week in primary school. In highschool hot chips with gravy were the favourite every Friday.

I only remember a few of these. Our tuckshop must not have been as good as others as we would never have stocked cream buns, vanilla slices, coffee scrolls and the like either at primary or high school. I feel like i missed out as i love vanilla slices! Spewing!!!

By the way, none of these Aussie tuck shop snacks ring a bell by me. I’m quite surprised that such unhealthy foods were being sold at the tuck shops at school. I’m not sure if this still is the case ? We always packed a lunch for our kids and they never really used tuck shop foods…

I was born in 1963 in the Netherlands. We didn’t have a tuck shop, not in my primary school and not in high school. At primary school we walked home to have lunch there and even my dad would bike 30 minutes to and from home to join lunch with us.
At high school we walked sometimes to the nearby snack bar, that is if you had money, which most of the time I didn’t.

I’m in my 30s and never had any of these in primary or high school. We had wicked stick icy poles, joker ice cream bars and buckets, fruit balls and choco bits. Ham and cheesies, mini pizza, then just the regular pies and sausage rolls. That list sounds like a pretty indulgent spread at the school canteen

I loved buying assorted lollies and paddle pops to have after my sandwich.